About the author

Elissa Malcohn

Elissa Malcohn was a 1985 John W. Campbell Award finalist for best new science fiction writer of the year, and made preliminary ballot for a 1989 Nebula Award. Her stories have appeared in Hugo Award winners Asimov's and Electric Velocipede , Bram Stoker Award winner Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (Dark Scribe Press), IPPY Silver Medalist Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (Scriblerus Press), and elsewhere. Her story "Hermit Crabs" (EV #14) is on the recommended reading list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection. Her novelette "Flotsam" (Asimov's, Oct./Nov. 2009) is on the recommended reading list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 27th Annual Collection.